In his writing, Bastogne is a place full of heroes. In order to make the text more exciting, he exaggerated the strength of the German army. The 47th Armored Corps became a fully staffed army equipped with a large number of daunting Tiger King and Panther tanks. Even its soldiers were battle-hardened elites transferred from the Eastern Front.
Compared to the president's concern about political consequences, Marshall was more concerned about military issues.
Roosevelt naturally understood this truth very well. He almost never interfered with the decisions of the generals on the front line, but as a politician, he had to consider the political consequences caused by the decisions made by those generals.
"Mr. President, I think the problem will always be solved perfectly in the end. After all, Mr. Churchill knows very well what is most important now. The most important thing at the moment is to break the siege of Bastogne! This is the issue that the people are most concerned about."
Under his description, the Battle of Bastogne became an epic.
Who is pushing all this behind the scenes?
It must be George!
However, what they absolutely did not expect at this time was that the "Allied Command Task Force" in Bastogne was just a group of Chinese wearing American military uniforms. But after the news spread, a natural effect appeared.
"Now almost every day there are reporters asking when we can break the German siege of Bastogne and when those heroes will be rescued."
As the vice president of the American Writers Association, he fully demonstrated his literary attainments. He used all his gorgeous words and all his sensational skills to try to make people believe that the "American Army" in Bastogne encountered such a powerful enemy - such a powerful and evil enemy that has never existed in history.
"Ike didn't know at all that he had been tricked by that guy. That guy was a businessman. If you want to get something from him, you have to pay a price..."
"That's what Ike considered, but Ike... he didn't know how much trouble he had caused himself."
He used all the words he could to shape the 47th Armored Corps into the most powerful corps in Germany, and Bastogne was the place where this most dangerous and powerful enemy was determined to take.
No, as long as you think about it, you know the result. This is destined to be a tragedy. What awaits them is death and failure.
Thinking of the series of consequences that may be caused after the battle, Roosevelt frowned.
Money can solve many problems. For example, it can allow newspapers including The Washington Post and The New York Times to publish the Battle of Bastogne on the front page.
Although he had not dealt with George many times, the keen intuition of politicians made Roosevelt realize that this matter was not as simple as it seemed. If there was no one behind the scenes, how could there be so many newspapers and radio stations reporting the Battle of Bastogne?
"If we explain it that way, does it mean that we don't need to do our best to break the German siege and rescue them because we are Chinese?"
Humans vs. tanks!
And all the gorgeous words are ultimately for one purpose, to highlight the bravery of the Bastogne defenders. In his description, the Bastogne heroes blocked the German tanks with their flesh and blood, and they fought with the elite German army in the snow.
This is legendary in itself. Overnight, Bastogne became the center of American public opinion. American journalists are of course happy to describe their heroes. So, from newspapers to radio, people heard about Bastogne and talked about Bastogne.
Among these people, the most hardworking one is Salisbury, the Associated Press reporter who just came back from Moscow. He had been to Leningrad for an interview. Compared with others, he had a more intuitive understanding of the siege. Because the news clues were limited, in order to be worthy of the $5,000 manuscript fee, he grafted many clues obtained during the interview in Leningrad to Bastogne.
It might even affect the relationship between the United States and Britain, which was something Roosevelt had been trying to avoid.
But now. Roosevelt was also helpless.
After all, the decision made by Ike was the best choice in line with the development of the war situation.
It needs to be explained that Bastoni was paving the way for the next step, which was to return to Borneo. The core of everything was to go back better.